#9E9D38#9E9D38

#9E9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.122 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9D38
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 64.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -12.65, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 52.60, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0392 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.122 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8722, 31.6693, 8.4379)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D38 #38399E

analogous

#9E6A38 #9E9D38 #6C9E38

triadic

#9E9D38 #389E9D #9D389E

tetradic

#9E9D38 #389E6A #38399E #9E386C

square

#9E9D38 #389E6A #38399E #9E386C

split-complementary

#9E9D38 #386C9E #6A389E

monochromatic

#444318 #717028 #9E9D38 #C2C052 #D2D17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9E9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#9E9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D38

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D38	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.122 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb974',
    500: '#9e9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d38;
$custom-light: #bdb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D38

secondary

#7778BB

accent

#52D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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